🇮🇹 Italian

turista

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masculine

il turista

tourist

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turista
/il tuˈrista/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say turista in Italian?

IPA
/il tuˈrista/

How do you pronounce turista in Italian?

turista is pronounced /il tuˈrista/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il turista americano è arrivato all'albergo stanco e affamato.

The American tourist arrived at the hotel tired and hungry.

Quel turista tedesco è molto gentile e interessato alla storia locale.

That German tourist is very kind and interested in local history.

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Why is it masculine?

Turista is a noun meaning "tourist" in Italian. While it ends in the suffix "-ista," which is commonly associated with masculine gender (as in "artista," "pianista"), "turista" is actually used as both masculine and feminine in modern Italian. The word can refer to either a male or female tourist, with gender agreement determined by the referent: "un turista" (a male tourist) or "una turista" (a female tourist). The "-ista" suffix, though historically masculine in origin from Latin, has become a gender-neutral agent noun suffix in contemporary Italian, adapting to refer to people of any gender.

What is the Italian word for tourist?

The Italian word for tourist is il turista — masculine.

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